OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT OF INSTRUCTION
CURRICULUM AND GENERAL EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Minutes of the Curriculum and General Education Committee Meeting
Thursday January 15, 2015, 11:10a.m., Cougar Room
Members Present:
A. Anderson, K. Bandy, D. Bogle, B. Devine, S. Eastman, S. Eveland, G.
Golling, V. Jacobi, M. Williams, T. Thompson, SLO Resource B. Young, and
K. Ziegler
Members Absent:
ASB Representative Adam Hightower, K. Carlson, Instructional Resource
R. Ledford, and PTK Representative
I.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: from the December 8, 2014 Curriculum & General Education
Committee meeting
On a motion by G. Golling, seconded by D. Bogle, and unanimously carried, the minutes from the
December 8, 2014 Curriculum and General Education meeting were approved.
II.
LIBERAL ARTS DIVISION
A. Course Updates
1. ART
1631 Figure Drawing
On a motion by D. Bogle, seconded by S. Eastman, and unanimously carried, the course update to ART
1631 was approved to move forward to the February 11, 2015 District Board meeting.
III.
SOCIAL SCIENCE DIVISION
A.
Course Updates
1. CJA
2115 Patrol Procedures
2. CJA
2131 Control and Supervision in Corrections
3. CJA
2135 Public Safety Communications
The above course updates were taken as a block item. On a motion by B. Devine, seconded by D. Bogle,
and unanimously carried, the course updates to CJA 2115, CJA 2131, and CJA 2135 were approved to
move forward to the February 11, 2015 District Board meeting.
B.
New Course
1. PSYC 2050 Biological Psychology
On a motion by D. Bogle, seconded by B. Devine, and unanimously carried, the new course PSYC 2050
was approved to move forward to the February 11, 2015 District Board meeting.
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C.
Program Updated
1. AA-T Psychology
It was discussed whether or not BIOL 1500 & BIOL 1510 could be included in the degree to give students
more options. S. Eveland said that BIOL 1500 and 1501 were only in the degree now because of an
articulation agreement with one other university, and it may not be possible to add BIOL 1510 to the
degree. Since the AA-T in Psychology is going through a review cycle through C-ID, it was decided to table
this item to see how the TMC template is updated. On a motion by K. Bandy, seconded by T. Thompson,
and unanimously approved, the program updated to the AA-T in Psychology was tabled.
IV.
DISCUSSION
1.
Curriculum & General Education Charter
Discussion included the role of Governance and the Academic Senate in the curriculum approval process
as well as other committees such as Access and SLO/ASC. Also the role of the Technical Review
committee was discussed. Discussion included whether there is a disconnect or misinterpretation of what
Tech Review actually reviews and what members of the Curriculum committee think it reviews. Tech
Review may need a charter that outlines its role more clearly. With a few minor changes to the
Curriculum & General Education charter, it will be presented to the Academic Senate.
2.
Voting on inactivations and distance learning requests via email
Starting in Fall 2014, inactivation of courses and distance learning requests have been voted on via
email. There was concern that questions regarding the items were not being answered over email. It was
reiterated that these are consent items, and if any questions are posed, the items will not be voted on via
email and instead will be on the monthly Curriculum & General Education agenda. Also, if the voting isn’t
unanimous, then the item will be placed on the monthly Curriculum & General Education agenda.
V.
INFORMATIONAL ITEM
A.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
B.
The following courses were voted and approved via email to be inactivated:
CJA 1002 Firearms Training
CJA 1006 Report Writing
CJA 1011 Probation Officer Core Course
CJA 1021 Juvenile Counselor Core Course
CJA 1031 Federal Privatized Corrections Officer Core Course
CJA 1032 Federal Prison Yearly In-service Training
CJA 1033 Federal Prison Emergency Response Training
CJA 1034 Administrative/Management Yearly In-service Training
ENGL 1507 Introduction to Children’s Literature/ Storytelling
Program Status, please see the table below:
Program
A.A Physical Education
Tech Review
C & GE
Board
State
A. A. Liberal Arts: Health and PE
A.A. Liberal Arts: Arts and Humanities
Approved
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Revisions
Sent back requiring
revisions
Sent back requiring
revisions
Curriculum and General Education Committee Agenda
December 8, 2014
A.S. & Certificate Disabilities Studies
AA-T Anthropology
Certificates: Early Intervention
Assistant I & II
Energy Technology Field Tech
AA-T Kinesiology
11/19/2013
1/17/2014
2/12/2014
4/1/2014
5/6/2014
4/9/2014
5/14/2014
5/14/2014
6/11/2014
9/30/2014
4/29/2014
10/13/2014
11/12/2014
11/12/2014
12/10/2014
Sent back requiring
revisions
In Secondary Review
VI.
NEXT MEETING
The next Curriculum and General Education Committee is Monday, February 9, 2015 from 12:101:30pm in the Cougar Room.
MW/VJ:dk
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